My First Christmas Embroidery Design V2, Instant Download

Three colours, 6 sizes, stitch count ranging from 5k at the tiny 1.93-inch up to 18k on the 5.76-inch. The lettering is stacked in 3 lines: 'My' up top in bright red script, 'first' in the middle in forest green, and 'Christmas' at the bottom in a bigger bold red font that carries the visual weight. A lil holly sprig with 2 leaves and a berry sits in the upper left and scattered gold sparkle stars fill the space around the text. Its busy in the right way.

The font choices are deliberate. Mixing the cursive 'My' with the chunky rounded 'Christmas' gives the whole thing a scrapbook feel that works for baby gifts. Satin fill on all the letterforms, and the 'Christmas' text has a subtle shadow underlay to give it some dimension. Density is kept light at 424 so this stitches out on fine fabrics without pulling or puckering. Even jersey onesies handle it fine with proper stabilising.

I started getting orders for this in september honestly , mums planning ahead for a december baby. My favourite order came from a woman who bought it in october and stitched 9 versions on different onesies for her twins first christmas, one for each size bracket as they grew through that first year. Thats the kind of customer who really gets it. I get messages like hers pretty regularly and it doesnt get old.

Sew on pale cotton cotton, jersey onesies, fleece baby hats or muslin swaddle fabric. The red and green really need a pale ground to pop , on dark fabric the gold sparkles carry most of the work but the red text suffers. Use a tearaway for woven cotton and a cutaway stabiliser for jersey knits. Pop the small sizes on bib corners or hat brims for secondary placements , they fit well and youre getting full use out of the file.